Selfish
I'm not a very public guy
But this pen might put me in a public eye
So they gotta be options if they warn check I
History repeats itself i kill that twice Ooo
I talk my shit because i never had shit
That hating won't work use a different tactic
Lemme introduce myself Yea the name IBZ
I don't do too much all i do is make
I don't ever think i miss check the batting average
Made from real struggle nah this ain't no plastic
Cut the leeches off I'm cut from a different fabric
Had to burn mad bridge use the fire for the page
They could never match this
Hundred degrees educated highest grade made the labels wanna bag this
Ibz works double time he had two shifts
Might have to call me Julius the way i father these kids
See in this life
You have to be Selfish
You have to be
You have to be Selfish
See in this life
You have to be Selfish
You have to be
You have to be Selfish
This is Ancestral pain our people were in chains
Only difference is now we buss it down to flex gains
If i wear a chain am i a hypocrite ?
Ironic how i'm educated but my Dads dad was an illiterate
Still he raised a man on a mission chasing brilliance
It's clear he gave me the same resilience Makes sense
Uncomfortable truths i call that growth pain
I paved my own lane
In my race we all have to hurdle
Yea thats selfish time it was me, myself and grind
Only right i made it come full circle
And to think i made these beats for other artists when i started
Fast forward now i shell them like a turtle
I chose me decision irreversible
I had to bet on me don't take it personal
See in this life
You have to be Selfish
You have to be
You have to be Selfish
See in this life
You have to be Selfish
You have to be
You have to be Selfish
I've been reading these lines
For a very long time
But i done decided
That i only have I
I really wanna have me
Community
But i start a fire
Just to feel the heat
Overtime i understood why everybody hates chris
Mummy rose a flower thats self raising
Educated myself about the skin that I'm in
Im from a generation where the self hating
So i don't care if they don't feel me cos I'm self craving
Hating only reflects all the self hatred
Who do you believe in when your wealth raising
Ironic how you find out when your wealth ain't shit ooo
I'm not a very public guy
But this pen might put me in a public eye
So they gotta be options if they warn check I
History repeats itself i kill that twice Ooo
I talk my shit because i never had shit
That hating won't work use a different tactic
Lemme introduce myself Yea the name IBZ
I don't do too much all i do is make